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and as sister simone said, i don't think americans want to live this way. and they offer three choices and say, which one is the kind of society that you'd like to live in and most people chose the even more egalitarian setup. i think the issue is that people don't really understand how divided the society has become. >> chrystia, when you look at this graph, it shows that income inequality has grown. 275% gain in incomes since 1979. the bottom, watch this, the bottom 20% have had only 18% in income gains. is it that we are in denial or is it that we are just unaware because this happened so recently to us? >> well, i think we are in denial and i also think, look, there is a very powerful rhetorical machine which has made it its business to tell people that this isn't a problem. the other thing, which i think had a really, really big impact, was up until the crisis of 2008, the country was flooded with cheap consumer credit and so even as people lower down the income distribution, we're really getting hammered as long as they could borrow on their credit ca
and as sister simone said, i don't think americans want to live this way. and they offer three choices and say, which one is the kind of society that you'd like to live in and most people chose the even more egalitarian setup. i think the issue is that people don't really understand how divided the society has become. >> chrystia, when you look at this graph, it shows that income inequality has grown. 275% gain in incomes since 1979. the bottom, watch this, the bottom 20% have had only...
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>> can i be the simon cowell of this panel? i i i'm tempted to say the woel obama campaign. but i don't want to be, like, time person of the year, it's you. if it had to be one person, chris christie. for having the guts to not just look after new jersey, but, literally, hug a democratic president in the face of everything that he knew his party would reign down on his head. help the president. help new jersey. >> so despite the fact you were techt tempted to give it to the ground game, you crossed parties? >> seeing goodwill to all people. >> all right, victoria, are you going to be as bipartisan as richard? >> i'm not. and i'm going to roll it back. i'm going to go back to february because i think when president obama rolled out his contraception mandate, tlafs absolute genius. he foresaw that republicans and the catholic chunrch was going o come out gensz it. he came out having his cake and eating it too. >> so the contraception move by the president way back in march. >> and then you have the susan g. koman competition coming around. >> jonathan? >> well, speaking of pla
>> can i be the simon cowell of this panel? i i i'm tempted to say the woel obama campaign. but i don't want to be, like, time person of the year, it's you. if it had to be one person, chris christie. for having the guts to not just look after new jersey, but, literally, hug a democratic president in the face of everything that he knew his party would reign down on his head. help the president. help new jersey. >> so despite the fact you were techt tempted to give it to the ground...
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joining me now is sister simone campbell. executive director of network, a national catholic lobby. she's organizing the nuns on the bus tour. sister campbell, thanks for joining me this evening. >> it's an honor to be with you. >> now, why is it so important to you that you and others are speaking against this budget? >> well, what we know is that out in the country, people don't know the reality of the budget. they just hear the sound bites of politicians saying this is wonderful, this is good, this is responsible. and what we know is that this budget that was passed by the house, proposed by congressman ryan erodes the very core of who we are as a nation. because what it does is it says we no longer believe in community. we no longer believe in caring for each other. we only believe in shifting money to the taut. more money to those who are the riches. and giving even more money than the military wants to the military. people don't know these facts. and we need to make it clear. we stand with the people who have -- our economy has pushed to the margins. >> people ought to know th
joining me now is sister simone campbell. executive director of network, a national catholic lobby. she's organizing the nuns on the bus tour. sister campbell, thanks for joining me this evening. >> it's an honor to be with you. >> now, why is it so important to you that you and others are speaking against this budget? >> well, what we know is that out in the country, people don't know the reality of the budget. they just hear the sound bites of politicians saying this is...
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joining me now is sister simone campbell, catholic social justice group and organizer of the nuns to protest romney/ryan budget and how it would hurt the poor. sister campbell, thank you for coming on the show tonight. >> an honor to be with you, reverend. >> i found it rather shocking. he seemed to mention a few names and he has no idea about really how hard people work and the programs create dependence. that's not our experience. that's not what we know. i keep wishing he will complete the people we know. >> take a listen. >> wherever we are in live, rich or poor, black, brown, or white, american by chance or by choice, we are one nation. that is the promise of america. we can make it real in lives in the american, to all those americans we ask you to look at our because our cause is yours and yours is ours. >> but that contrast in the past where ryan talked, he spoke like he almost had disdain for the poor. listen to this. >> we could become a society where the net majority of americans are taker, not makers. 70% of americans want the american dream. they believe the american ide
joining me now is sister simone campbell, catholic social justice group and organizer of the nuns to protest romney/ryan budget and how it would hurt the poor. sister campbell, thank you for coming on the show tonight. >> an honor to be with you, reverend. >> i found it rather shocking. he seemed to mention a few names and he has no idea about really how hard people work and the programs create dependence. that's not our experience. that's not what we know. i keep wishing he will...